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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Description. City of Fairfield.

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Factor in V2G Revenue When Planning Fleet Electrification

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The drive to fleet electrification includes all classifications of vehicles, from passenger EVs and light commercial vehicles to municipal and school buses to medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Fleet operators have to purchase EVs, purchase, install and manage depot EV charging infrastructure, retrain drivers, and transition maintenance staff.

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EV News: EV everywhere

Electric Auto Association

The nine EV commercials aired during last month’s Super Bowl represented approximately $63 million in ad buys and had folks talking EV the next day. Marking $125M incentive for Rivian plant at Georgia state capitol. Maintenance of an EV. EV Super Bowl Who won, the Rams or EVs? EV street charging. EV Charging Three times faster?

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UPS updates 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric step vans with smaller genset engine for better fuel economy

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The updated trucks, which were originally purchased in September 2015, deliver up to four times the fuel economy of a gasoline-powered vehicle, UPS said. The trucks will be deployed in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio and Texas later this year. The smaller engine will improve fuel economy, however.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

Blink Charging

Taxing charging revenue The federal government and many states currently tax sales of gasoline and diesel to fund “related government services like road construction, maintenance, repair, and public transportation.” The Georgia Agriculture Commissioner is expected to propose rules before 2025 to outline the details of this tax policy.

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USDA providing $9.6M to create 9,000 acres of BCAP project areas for non-food energy crop production

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BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

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Ford’s commercial vehicle investment Jiangling Motor Corporation opened its first Quick Lane outlet in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, earlier this month. Ford also is making it easier for customers to experience the Ford brand and purchase a Ford vehicle by making it possible to buy a vehicle online.

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